M I N l i i G ACTIVITIES ' Yukon T e r r i t o r y -An Ap news release from Llhitehorse, Y.T., reports t h a t Cyprus Min'ing ~d m~a n~-h a s . ) disclosed plans t o ship i t s lead-zi nc concentrates from i.ts prop e r t y to, Hainesby tcuck r a t h e r than by r a i 1 road t o Skagway. The p,roperty i s s t i 11 i n the de;elopment s'lage. , ,!,t i s i o c i t e d a t Vangorda Creek, 120 m i l e s northeast of Whitehorse. The a1 ~~' r o~d " r o u t e hi 1 1 ba a distance o f about 371 miles

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... compared t o 325 m i 1 e 9 by"~oad and .ra i,Ijraad combined. I f the concentrates were t o be changed, from trucks oto the r a i 1 road a t W h i tchorre, an e x t r a hand 1 i ng c o s t a t Whi tehorse.., would be 'added. The trucks are g ! anned t o be 95,000-pound t r a c t o r -t r a i l e r r i g s . The concentrates w i l l be loaded i n t o ships a t Haines f o r shipment t o Japanese smel ters: ' W h i tehorse bus inessmen are d r a f t i n g a p r o t e s t t o the Canadian government ' o v e r ' t h i s planned bypassing o f t h e i r c i t y .